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Tangam Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Tangam is a small village located in Baliguda Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 31 families residing. The Tangam village has population of 161 of which 77 are males while 84 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tangam village population of children with age 0-6 is 29 which makes up 18.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tangam village is 1091 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Tangam as per census is 1231, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Tangam village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Tangam village was 55.30 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Tangam Male literacy stands at 78.13 % while female literacy rate was 33.82 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Tangam village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Tangam village.

Tangam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 31 - -
Population 161 77 84
Child (0-6) 29 13 16
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 161 77 84
Literacy 55.30 % 78.13 % 33.82 %
Total Workers 91 43 48
Main Worker 41 - -
Marginal Worker 50 5 45

Caste Factor

In Tangam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Tangam village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Tangam village of Kandhamal.

Work Profile

In Tangam village out of total population, 91 were engaged in work activities. 45.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 91 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.